Clutch release bearing in contact with a disk spring
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsLudwig Winkelmann, Steffen Dittmer
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Abstract
A clutch release bearing (21) that is in contact with a disk spring is provided. The clutch release bearing (21) includes at least one curved contact surface (12, 28, 30, 33) that is located at a radial distance from the axis of rotation (4) of the clutch release bearing (21) and is used for contacting at least one end (39) of at least one spring tongue (40) of the disk spring.
Claims14
A clutch release bearing in contact with a disk spring, the clutch release bearing comprises at least one curved contact surface, each of the at least one curved contact surfaces is set at a radial distance to an axis of rotation of the clutch release bearing for contacting a respective at least one end of a respective spring tongue of the disk spring, each of the at least one curved contact surfaces is defined by an arbitrary number of straight surface lines adjacent to each other and aligned parallel to each other on the respective curved contact surface, several of the contact surfaces are arranged about the axis of rotation, and the contact surfaces follow directly adjacent to each other, wherein each of the surface lines of the respective curved contact surface extends in a straight line aligned tangential to imaginary circles and the axis of rotation of the clutch release bearing intersects each of the imaginary circles in respective centers thereof at a right angle.
A clutch release bearing in contact with a disk spring, the clutch release bearing comprises at least one curved contact surface, each of the at least one curved contact surfaces is set at a radial distance to an axis of rotation of the clutch release bearing for contacting a respective at least one end of a respective spring tongue of the disk spring, each of the at least one curved contact surfaces is defined by an arbitrary number of straight surface lines adjacent to each other and aligned parallel to each other on the respective curved contact surface, wherein each of the surface lines of the respective curved contact surface extends in a straight line aligned tangential to imaginary circles and the axis of rotation of the clutch release bearing intersects each of the imaginary circles in a center thereof at a right angle, wherein several of the contact surfaces are arranged about the axis of rotation, and the contact surfaces follow one another spaced apart from each other, and a radially extending axial projection that projects axially beyond the contact surfaces is constructed between at least two of the contact surfaces following each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.